CMJ is in full swing and recommended shows are highlighted in plum.
WEDNESDAY 10/17 ♥ Pumpkin Carving Party @ Huckleberry Bar (588 Grand St) 6pm, cheap cocktails and beer • Oktoberfest Open Bar @ One Stop Beer Shop (134 Kingsland Ave) 8-9pm, Over 100 beers! ♫ Gunfight! / Backwords / Quiet Loudly / Indian Rebound / Sharkmuffin @ Muchmore’s (2 Havemeyer St) 8pm, RSVP ♫ Dead Leaf Echo / Andre Obin / Some Ember / Rarechild / Treasure Teeth @ Tandem (236 Troutman St) 8pm, $5, RSVP ♫ Chains of Love / Heliotropes / Papercranes / Aact Rrasier / The Analog Girl / Young Girls @ The Knitting Factory (361 Metropolitan Ave) 8pm, $10
THURSDAY 10/18 ♫ Ava Luna / Fergus & Geronimo / Royal Canoe / Murals / Starlight Girls / Sinkane / Chains of Love / Spanish Prisoners @ Ran Tea House (269 Kent Ave) 3pm, RSVP ♫ Body Language / Opossom / Devin / Donora / Echo-Friendly / Night Panther @ Matchless (557 Manhattan Ave) 8pm, FREE
FRIDAY 10/19 ♫ Valleys / Beach Day / Bleeding Rainbow / Eternal Summers / Zambri / Moon King / Roommates @ Cameo Gallery (93 No. 6th St) Noon, Free, Beer Specials, RSVP ♦ Exhibit B @ Calico (67 West St, #206) 7-9pm, the second of two inaugural group art shows, More info ♦ Bring Your Own Beamer @ The Autumn Bowl (67 West St) 8pm, NBNY invites anyone to bring a projector and playback device (laptop, media player, DVD player) and project on any and all surfaces, creating a collaborative tapestry of overlapping moving imagery. Electricity provided. $5 before 10pm, $10 after 10pm, Free with Beamer ♫ Unstoppable Death Machines / ZZZ’s / Ben Robey / Netherlands @ Big Snow (89 Varet St) 8pm, $5 ♫ Terekke / Anthony Naples / Aquarian / Nooka Jones / Evan Michael / Judge Wise / T’Angelo @ 70 No. 6th St Loft, 10pm, $5
SATURDAY 10/20 • Fall Festival @ East River State Park (No. 8th & Kent St) 10am-3pm, Pumpkins, music, food and family activities. • Mulchtoberfest @ Newtown Creek Nature Walk (Paige & Provost) noon-4pm, Join Newtown Creek Alliance to tuck the Nature Walk in for the winter by mulching and feeding all of the planting beds. ♫ The Suzan / ZZZ’s / Trabajo / 1200 Trees / Unkle Yva Punkfaggot @ Free Candy (905 Atlantic Ave, Bed-Stuy) Noon, Free ♫ Greenpointers / Super Crush Studios / Carabella Presents CMJ Showcase @ Matchless (557 Manhattan Ave) 3pm, $7, Spanish Prisoners / Neighbors / Ra Ra Rasputin / Young Heel / Il Abanico, RSVP * 3rd Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest @ Crest Hardware (558 Metropolitan Ave) 7-11pm, Free, $5 to compete, pumpkins must be carved upon arrival, More info ♦ The New Brutalists @ Parallel Art Space (17-17 Troutman Street #220, Ridgewood) 6-9pm, an exhibition featuring artwork by Samuel T. Adams, Guy Nelson, Leah Raintree, and Frank Zadlo, More info ♫ Sinkane / Slowdance / We Can’t Enjoy Ourselves / Weeknight @ Union Pool (484 Union Ave) 8pm, $8 ♫ Blonde Summer / The Outside / Dune Rats / Suburban Living / Cool Serbia @ Trash Bar (256 Grand St) 8pm, $8
SUNDAY 10/21 * Gunk Under Greenpoint Bike Ride @ Nag Office (110 Kent Ave) 2-5:30pm, tour industrial North Brooklyn and learn about “black mayonnaise” and other nastiness that lurks beneath the surface, discuss the future of this rapidly developing neighborhood. ♥ Apple Pie Contest @ Enid’s (560 Manhattan Ave) 5pm, More info ♥ 3rd Annual Mac-Off @ Huckleberry Bar (588 Grand St) 5pm, Free to compete, $15 at door, $10 in advance ♫ Unstoppable Death Machines / Juggernaut / Cinema Cinema / Bambara / Hounds Basket / The Benjees / Osekre & The Lucky Bastards / The Brooklyn What / Ravenous / Inky Jack / Going Green @ Rock Bottom (175 Stockholm) 5pm, $5
MONDAY 10/22 * Yummy Eats Presidential Debate Dinner @ TBD (222 Franklin St) 8pm, Korean Menu, RSVP
TUESDAY 10/23 ♦ Watercolor on Prepared Paper Workshop @ Arts@Renaissance (2 Kingsland Ave) 6:30-9:30pm, experiment with watercolor while being able to get the white of the paper back by simply wiping it away, all levels.
WEDNESDAY 10/24 • Open House @ Awakening NY (607 Manhattan Ave) 2-8pm, Explore Free movement classes, personal consultations and massages while eating complimentary, mouth-watering, healthy and organic snacks.
* Greenpointers’ Pick
♫ Music
♥ Pheremones Likely
♦ Art Event
• Thurs-Sat. 9/27-9/29: Nothing Lasts Forever, Nothing is Lost Forever @ The End (18 Kent St) 7:30pm & 9:30pm, In a world of archaic beasts, wandering girls, and the last bird on earth, ‘Nothing Lasts’ is a roving performance installation that rages against the dying of the light. Buy Tickets
♦Thurs-Sun. 9/27-9/30:NY Book Art Fair@ MOMA PS1 (46-01 21st St, LIC)
THURSDAY 9/27
• Weatherization Workshop @ Greenpoint Library (107 Norman Ave) 5pm-7pm, FREE, hosted by the People’s Firehouse and Community Environmental Center, to help home owners apply for no-cost or low-cost weatherization
• Newtown Creek Alliance Meeting @ Vander-Ende Onderdonk House (1820 Flushing Ave) 6pm, a short tour of the house then meeting dedicated to review of mission, fall programs and vision for the creek.
♦ The Beginning Opening Reception @ Beginnings (110 Meserole Ave) 7-10pm, the first group show, a gorgeous catalog of nearly thirty artists, travelling the underground and overground international ley lines.
♦ Dead Dudes Done Right Opening Reception @ Secret Project Robot (389 Melrose St) 7-11pm, monumental portrait extravaganza and live music, RSVP
♦ ”Exhibit A” Opening Reception @ Calico Gallery (67 West St) 7-9pm, the first of two inaugural group shows at the new gallery space located within the historic Greenpoint Terminal warehouse building, RSVP
* Greenpointers Big Fat Blawg Birthday @ Diamond Bar (43 Franklin St) 9pm, Cake by Ovenly, $2 Beer 9-10pm, RSVP, VIDEO INVITATION
♫ Brooklyn Bass Presents: Das Moth with Cooper Saver and Ex Ex Ex @ Bellwether (594 Union Ave) 9pm-4am, Free, More info
♫ Tony Castles / Backwords / Zula / Ancient Sky @ Delinquency (1031 Grand St.) 9pm
SATURDAY 9/30
♦ Newtown Creek Armada @ Newtown Creek Nature Walk (Paidge Ave & Provost St) 1-4pm, FREE, an art installation that invites the public to explore the creek, visitors will pilot a fleet of artist-made, miniature, remote-control boats along the creek’s surface, More Info
• Field Trip day Greenpoint, Meet @ Transmitter Park, 2pm, FREE, Explore until 6pm, learn to tie nautical knots, launch miniature boats on Newtown Creek, solve the riddle of the two-faced jewelers clock, interview 1880′s oil industry workers, play with electricity under the guidance of the inventor who sealed Edison’s fame, Afterparty 6pm @ Brooklyn Rail Office (99 Commercial St), More info
♫ Japanther / Team Spirit / Unstoppable Death Machines / Cool Serbia / Malcolm @ The Paper Box (17 Meadow St) 9pm, $10
SUNDAY 9/30
• Adopt NY’s Pet Adoption Event @ McCarren Park, 12-4pm, More info
• Water Quality Event @ North Brooklyn Boat Club (49 Ash St) 3-7pm, an afternoon dedicated to stewardship for our local water bodies, the event will feature presentations from a number of local organizations including the Newtown Creek Alliance, Riverkeeper, Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance and New York City Water Trails Association. Also elebrate the arrival of the Capital to Capitol by Canoe expedition in NYC, More info
• Sewing Class @ Kill Devil HIll (170 Franklin St) 5-7pm, $30, basics in fitting, altering, and hand sewing, RSVP: 347.534.3088 or email killdevilhill (at) gmail.com, mention Greenpointers for $5 off!
• Gunk Under Greenpoint Bike Tour @ NAG (110 Kent Ave) 12pm, Come and tour industrial North Brooklyn and learn about “black mayonnaise” and the other nastiness that lurks beneath the surface of Newtown Creek and discuss the future of this rapidly developing neighborhood, RSVP
♫ Dum Dum Girls @ Europa (98 Meserole Ave) 7pm, $15
Next week…
WEDNESDAY 10/3
• 94th Precint Meeting @ Church of the Ascension (122 Java St) 7pm
Thru 9/22 - Et cetera 2012@ Public Assembly (70 No. 6th St) A week of art, talks, films, comedy, learning, music and dancing.
WEDNESDAY 9/19
• Comics to Watch Showcase @ Creek and Cave (10-93 Jackson Ave., LIC) 8pm, 2012 Comedy Central’s Comics to Watch Showcase sponsored by Caroline’s, line-up is on the down low but the laughs are going to be through the roof! Hosted by Nick Turner.
♫ Rock the Pulaski Benefitfor North Brooklyn Boat @ Broadway Stages Boatyard (437 McGuinness Blvd) 6pm, $5, games, drinks, food, music: The Hungry March Band / Red Bedlam / Free Advice /The Alex Mallett Band / Time Travelers, RSVP
♫ Scammers / Denver Hughes / Idaho Joe Winslow @ The Place (269 Norman Av) 8pm, $7
FRIDAY 9/21
♫ The Babies, K-Holes, Sundelles @ Death by Audio (49 S 2nd St) 8pm, $7
♫ Fan-Tan, My Summer, Imaginary Weapons @ Big Snow (89 Varet St) 8pm, $7
SATURDAY 9/22
* 2nd Annual Autumnal Equinox Pumking Breakfast @ The Diamond Bar (43 Franklin St) 10:49am-12:19pm, the first keg of Southern Tier Pumking will be tapped along with while Dave’s Mom and Dad will be serving pumpkin pie, cinnamon twists, and pancakes for free (limited quanities) to all drinkers.
• Sew a Merit Badge @ Greenpoint Library (107 Norman Ave) 12-2pm, Free, Join Greenpoint Hand Skills group for a free craft lesson to learn how to embroider merit badges, Coffee from Cup, Donuts from Peter Pan
♦ Newtown Creek Armada @ Newtown Creek Nature Walk (Paidge Ave & Provost St) 1-4pm, FREE, an art installation that invites the public to explore the creek, visitors will pilot a fleet of artist-made, miniature, remote-control boats along the creek’s surface, More Info
♫ Family Dance Party @ McGolrick Park, 4-7pm, Join Friends of McGolrick Park Association for a dance party under the pavilion! Bring a picnic and relish the nice weather. Rain location: Church of the Messiah (129 Russell St)
♫ Attacca Quartet @ East River State Park (No. 8th St & Kent Ave) 5:30pm, Graduate Resident String Quartet of The Juilliard School
♦ Geometricks @ Gallery Brooklyn (351 Van Brunt St, Red Hook) 6-9pm Opening Reception featuring the works of Augustine Kofie, Chor Boogie, Drew Tyndell, Feral Child, Hellbent, Jaye Moon, Maya Hayuk, MOMO, OLEK, OverUnder, See One, curated by Hellbent, presented by Brooklyn Street Art
♫ Heaven’s Gate / Life Size Maps / Butter The Children / Turnip King @ Muchmore’s (2 Havemeyer St) 8pm
SUNDAY 9/23
♦ Panel Discussion: What is Collage? @ Ruth Phaneuf Fine Arts (10-61 Jackson Ave, LIC, 2nd Fl) 4-6pm, What was once considered an artistic reaction to the specific age of communication can be seen in retrospect as a responsive method to connect art and the world in any age. Moderated by Ruth Phaneuf and Michael Lee with participating artists Sara Klar, Abe McNally and Jason Tomme.
TUESDAY 9/25
* Masters of Social Gastronomy Get Shelved: Preservatives & Convenience Food @ Public Assembly (70 No. 6th St) 7-9pm, FREE lecture, Why does your bacon clamor about its lack of nitrites, but your soda keeps quiet about sodium benzoate? Learn to read the small print of food labeling with terrifying ease!
WEDNESDAY 9/26
• Pitchapalooza @ Word (126 Franklin St) 7-9pm, American Idol for books. Each writer gets one minuteto pitch their book! More info
* Greenpointers’ Pick
♫ Music
♥ Pheremones Likely
♦ Art Event
WEDNESDAY 8/8 ♥ Top Gun @ Summercreen (McCarren Park – N 12th & Bedford Ave) 6-10pm, music, food, drinks, movie starts at dusk
THURSDAY 8/9 • Wall-E & The Rock Doves (for kids) @ East River State Park (No. 8th St & Kent Ave) 6:30pm, FREE ♫ Joan Jett @ Seaside Concerts – Coney Island (West 21st St and Surf Ave) 7:30pm, FREE
FRIDAY 8/10 ♫ An Evening with Cake @ Williamsburg Park (50 Kent Avenue) 6pm, Buy Tix
• GymD8ter Speed Dating @ Human@Ease (31 Nassau Ave) 7pm, $35, spend the evening working out and getting to know someone new before we head next door for drinks and a late happy hour, h’orderves & drinks all night
♦ Amanda LaMarco Artist Opening @ The One Well (165 Greenpoint Ave) 7-10pm, live music by Baba Yaga (unplugged), local fine art, and delicious wine & cheese, RSVP
♦ Kickoff Party for the Fall Fundraiser @ Vaudeville Park (26 Bushwick Ave) 7:30pm, FREE, super fancy cocktails, live DJ sets by Baby Copperhead, Blake 0, and Joey Johnson
♫ Cruel Summer 80s Dance Party @ Bell House (149 7th St., Gowanus) 8am-2pm, $10, More info ♫ Darlings, Sundelles, Automotive Highschool @ Glasslands (289 Kent Ave) 8:30pm, $8
SATURDAY 8/11 * Open Canoe Paddle @ NBBC Boatyard (49 Ash St) 4:30-7:30pm, More info ♫ Chappo / The Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt @ Delinquency (1031 Grand St.) 8pm
SUNDAY 8/12 • Monthly Meeting for Friends of McGolrick Park @ (McGolrick Park Pavilion) 1pm, decide how we’re going to spend our Exxon money and raise some more, RSVP
MONDAY 8/14 • Words by the Water: Melville House Night @ East River State Park (Kent Avenue at N. 9th St) 7-8pm, Free, outdoor reading series, More info
TUESDAY 8/15 * The Last Bohemia with Robert Anasi @ Word (126 Franklin St) 7pm, Anasi lived in Williamsburg from the early ’90s to the late 2000s and witnessed first-hand the rapid changes in the neighborhood. Come talk local history with him as he presents his memoir. ♫ Publicist, Free Blood, TV Baby, DJ DirtyFinger @ Death By Audio (49 S 2nd St) 8pm, $7 • Dalaga What Not To Wear Viewing Party @ TBD (224 Franklin St) 10-11pm, watch the premiere of Dalaga on What Not To on their amazing big screen TVs and projection screen! ♫ Zebros @ Pete’s Candy Store (709 Lorimer St) 11pm, RSVP
* Greenpointers’ Pick
♫ Music
♥ Pheremones Likely
♦ Art Event
FRIDAY 7/6 ♦ Cut-Up @ Storefront Bushwick (16 Wilson Ave) 6-9pm, “Cut Up” features 11 artists who shred, chop, clip, paste, and reconfigure a variety of materials to make collages, sculptures, and paintings, RSVP ♦ Modus Vivendi @ The Boiler (191 North 14th Street) 6-9pm, Nina Katchadourian, David Kramer, Jude Tallichet More info • Raise the Roof! Farm In The Sky @ Brooklyn Fireproof (119 Ingraham St) 7pm, DIY Rooftop Farming Workshop, Drink Specials, Food, Live Music, RSVP ♫ Northern Spy Festival w/ Colin L. Orchestra/Bird Names/Guardian Alien/K Salvatore @ Death By Audio (49 S 2nd St) $7, 8pm, All Ages, Country
SATURDAY 7/7 • Intensati in the Park @ McCarren Park, 10am, a new workout method that combines “high-energy aerobics, martial arts, yoga and strength conditioning,” along with “spoken affirmations.” Email Evangelias411 (AT) hotmail.com ♫ Lemuria/The Wild/Kudrow @ Europa (98 Meserole Ave) 6pm, $8, All ages, Pop-Punk
* Greenpointers’ Pick
♫ Music
♥ Pheremones Likely
♦ Art Event
WEDNESDAY 6/27 * The Big Splash! @ McCarren Park Pool, 7:30-10pm, $150 donation in support of Open Space Alliance of North Brooklyn, Buy Tix
THURSDAY 6/28 * Public Meeting of the Newtown Creek Alliance @ Greenpoint Reformed Church (136 Milton St) 6pm, From Superfund to oil-eating mushrooms, meeting covers all the latest from the Creek, including guest speaker Randall W. Austin, Chief of the Spill Prevention and Response Programs and the NYS DEC ♥ SALUTE YOUR JORTS! Brokelyn Summer Camp Party @ Crown Victoria (60 So. 2nd St) 7pm, $3, FREE BEER 7-8pm, $4 Bug Juice cocktail, all night long, camp activities, raffles, RSVP ♫ Jonas Reinhardt/Hiro Kone/Skint/DJ Ry Fyan @ Secret Project Robot (389 Melrose St) 9pm, a night of Eclectic sounds and cosmic voyages to a land of seashells and good summer vibes, RSVP
FRIDAY 6/29 ♫ Spy Music Festival @ Union Pool (484 Union Ave) 8pm, $12, Skeletons/Rhys Chatham – Ryan Sawyer Brass Duo/Gunn – Truscinski Duo/ Peter Stampfel (Holy Modal Rounders), More info ♫ Brooklyn Bass Presents Afterhours with Anthony Naples/Judge Wise/T’Angelo/Evan Michael @ Cameo Gallery (93 N6th St) 12am, $5, electronic music, More info
SATURDAY 6/30 * Cowboy Mark’s 10 Gallon Sale (303 Kingsland Ave, #1R) 3-8pm, huge apartment sale of vintage and antique items, furniture, clothing, artwork, kitchenware, records, RSVP ♦ Crest Hardware Art Show @ Crest Hardware (558 Metropolitan Ave) 1pm-7pm, live music, DJs, local, creative art & food vendors ♦ Eleven Hands Clapping @ Vaudeville Park (26 Bushwick Ave) 3-7pm, A one day “festival” of 11 solo artists using sound in a variety of ways, from (un?) pop to (anti?) folk, to experimental electronics, meditative looping, video, spoken words (poetry?), and a surround sound installation, RSVP
TUESDAY 7/3 • Time’s Up 25th Anniversary Party @ Brooklyn Brewery (79 North 11th St) 8pm, $25 donation, includes free Time’s Up! membership to NYCs Direct Action Environmental Organization, appetizers from the farmer’s market, a raffle ticket and free admission to the rockin’ after-party, More info.
* Greenpointers’ Pick
♫ Music
♥ Pheremones Likely
♦ Art Event
I am appalled at some of the comments our facebook page received about the recent arrest of one of Greenpoint’s artists Takewi Miyakawa for putting up a guerilla art installation on Bedford Ave.
Marie: “the so called artists are rude, dirty and disrespectful… They are trash and so is their wanna be art!”
Denise: “They made this neighborhood disgusting and dirty.”
Agnes: “No consideration for anyone else but themselves.”
Jennifer: “Sorry but this neighborhood has gone to crap with all these so called ‘artists.’”
Hitler hated artists, too. Entartete Kunst! This is the term he used to describe Modern art during his regime, which translates to “degenerate art.“ Slow down, I am not calling these ladies Nazis, just bigots.
The Wiki entry for bigotry cites this quotation from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. ”The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour upon it, the more it will contract,” so the following attempt to dispel their beliefs may be pointless, so this is for the rest of you, who love and support art in the community!
Three very worthwhile art projects are on the horizon, all based out of Greenpoint: PaperJam’s Touchlight, The Kite Machine & The Project Collective’s Art & Music Fundraiser this Saturday June 2nd, to raise money for Uproar Art at the Dekalb Market.
Remember to check our calendar for even more events. And you can submit event, too!
WEDNESDAY 5/9 ♫ Social Media In Music Panel Discussion @ The Yard (33 Nassau Ave.) 7-9pm, Tatiana Simonian (Twitter), Benjamin Jacobs of (Fool’s Gold) Jonathan Pardo (Free Association Management), and Brandon Martinez (INDMusic) ♦ Drawings by Leszek Knaflewski @ Cleopatra Greenpoint (110 Meserole Ave) 7-9pm, the first US exhibition of drawings by Poznań based artist Leszek Knaflewski, part of an expanded series of works on paper produced during his involvement with the influential collective Koło Klipsa, More info
THURSDAY 5/10 • Newtown Creek Monitor Committee Meeting @ DEP (329 Greenpoint Ave) 6:30-8:30pm, The committee works with DEP to address odors, noise, dust, and other impacts related to the facility, More info ♦ Cage Transmitted @ Triple Canopy (155 Freeman St.) 7pm, $5, Robert Whitman’s performs Inside Out and screening of John Cage’s An Alphabet, More info ♫ Rolling Thunder @ Manhattan Inn (632 Manhattan Ave) 11pm, a night of Country and Southern Rock ♫ In Honor of MCA: Beastie Bowl @ Brooklyn Bowl (61 Wythe Ave) FREE, 8pm, In honor of MCA, we’re screening “Awesome! I F*ckin Shot That”, directed by Adam Yauch, on all screens with full concert sound.
FRIDAY 5/11 ♦ We Have Relocated To Our New Location @ Picture Farm (338 Wythe Ave.) 6-9pm, A group show of fine art editions printed and published by Kayrock Screenprinting, More info • Improve Yourself with AJ Jacobs and Gretchen Rubin @ Word (126 Franklin St) 7pm, What does it take to become the healthiest person on earth, and how happy does it make you in the long run? Jacobs will also read from the book, and both authors will take questions and sign. ♦ Street Shadows @ One Stop Beer Shop (134 Kingsland Ave) 7-10pm, Chris Smith aka ‘subtexture’ is bringing the light and shadows of Greenpoint onto the walls of the One-stop Beer shop
SATURDAY 5/12 * Brooklyn Food Conference @ Brooklyn Tech HS (29 Fort Greene Place) 9am-6pm, FREE, Food activists, local farmers, academics, restaurateurs and health advocates and all those interested in food justice will gather to discuss the global food economy and its impact on our lives. ♦ Queens Museum RIDGEWOOD Art Crawl, 3-10pm, You know that part of town you thought was Bushwick… well, Actually, It’s Ridgewood. Help us set the record straight by celebrating Queens’ newest art community with a little bit of history, a lot of art, and the perfect amount of drink, More info ♫ Third Ear Training @ Newtown Barge Playground, 2pm, Free, Welcome the warm weather as we bring you one more time their “Intelligent Electronic Music For Well Trained Ears”. Come with your family, friends, kids, dogs, fresbies, blankets or just your dancing feet, More info ♫ Red Hook Ramblers/Rob Kendt/Holler! @ Pete’s Candy Store (709 Lorimer St) 4-10pm, More info ♫ Pleasure Island @ Spike Hill (186 Bedford Ave) 8pm, Ghost Beach/Triple Cobra/Frogg/Lushes
Sunday – 5/13 – MOTHER’S DAY!
* Greenpointers’ Pick
♫ Music
♥ Pheremones Likely
♦ Art Event
WEDNESDAY 3/21 • Greenpoint Environmental Projects Benefits Community Meeting @ The Warsaw (261 Driggs Ave) 6:30-8:30pm, Learn about the $19.5 million available from New York State’s settlement with ExxonMobil to benefit the environment of the Greenpoint community ♦ Flux Death Match: Art & OWS @ Flux Factory (39-31 29th St, LIC) 8-11pm, a new initiative that takes online debates into real-space
THURSDAY 3/22 • NAG Action: Bike Share Community Planning Workshop @ Swinging Sixties Senior Center (211 Ainslie St.) 6-8pm, roundtable planning workshop to help decide how bike share should work and where stations should go in Greenpoint and Williamsburg, RSVP ♦ A Loaded Camera @ Brouwerij Lane (78 Greenpoint Ave) 7pm, All photographs were shot in Greenpoint, by Will Star and feature iconic scenes with a touch of humanity, RSVP • Hari Kunzru presents Gods Without Men @ Word (126 Franklin St) 7-8pm, RSVP, Are we alone in the universe? Does life have meaning? What are we all doing with our lives, anyway? Meet the author and novel, RSVP
SATURDAY 3/24 • Brooklyn Mutt Show @ Brooklyn Lyceum (227 4th Ave) 11am-6pm, proceeds will benefit Sean Casey Animal Rescue, More info ♫ Brooklyn Wind Symphony @ Grand Street Campus High School Auditorium (850 Grand St.) 2pm, $10, RSVP ♦ Future Pieces @ Vaudeville Park (26 Bushwick Ave.) 7-11pm, recent works work by Lisha Bai, Leah Tacha and Sun You, curated by Jon Lutz, performance by pianist Ian Sarver at 8pm, RSVP ♦ Spring Break LIC @ The Art School Project @ Chashama (26-15 Jackson Ave, LIC) 7pm, One Night exhibition and performance event by invited resident artists, RSVP
SUNDAY 3/25 • Yummy Eats & Greenery NYC Present a Terrarium Workshop @ TBD (224 Franklin St) 1-4pm, $75, learn how to build and maintain verdant miniature environments in glass, food is complimentary to all participants, BUY TICKETS (Note: this is not Greenpointers Terrarium Class with Jon on 4/1 @ Diamond – that class has SOLD OUT)
MONDAY 3/26 • The Fighting 14th Lecture @ Pete’s Candy Store (709 Lorimer St.) 7:30pm, FREE, Civil War Simulacra w/Matt Dellinger
TUESDAY 3/27 ♫ Practice @ Zebulon (258 Wythe Ave.) 9pm, Free, Noveller/Tom Carter/Diamond Terrifier/Ben Vida/DJ Dutch E. Germ/The Oracle DJs/visuals by Sleepy Peopl
* Greenpointers’ Pick
♫ Music
♥ Pheremones Likely
♦ Art Event
* Yummy Eats Dim Sum & Wine @ Underground Supper Club (TBA), 7pm, $75, a four course-eight dish menu featuring wine pairings by Sommelier Lauren Johnson, Tix
• 94th Precinct Community Council Meeting @ Church of the Ascension (122 Java St.) 7pm
♥ Ladies with Ink @ Word (153 Franklin St.) 7pm, Join Stacy Pershall (Loud in the House of Myself) & Kitty Jo Sainte-Marie and Sue Jeiven (East River Tattoo) for a panel discussion of what it can mean to be a tattooed lady.
• Purim Masquerade @ Greenpoint Shul (108 Noble St.) 7:30pm, $13, Open bar & appetizers, RSVP: rabbi (at) greenpointshul.org
♦ Your Day is My Night Screening @ Arts@Renaissance (2 Kingsland Ave) 7-9pm, FREE, Round Robin presents a preview & live performance by Lynne Sachs, in the film a collective of Chinese and Puerto Rican performers living in New York City explores the history and meaning of “shiftbeds” through verité conversations, character-driven fictions and integrated movement pieces, RSVP
♫ WOW/Hex Hex Hex/Lovestruck/Mondo Ray @ Bar Matchless (557 Manhattan Ave) 9pm, $7
FRIDAY 3/9
• New Parents Group @ Caribou Baby (272 Driggs Ave.) 1-4pm, Free, More info
♦ Arts Not Fair @ Like the Spice Gallery (224 Roebling St.) 6-9pm, Come March 11th, those other art fairs will have packed up and left town but Like the Spice will still be going strong, giving you a peak at what happens after the party ends when all that’s left are white walls, flat champagne, and unsold art. “Arts Not Fair” will ask the viewer to question what is a gallery? What is an art fair? As viewers do we want to see or be seen? is ART FAIR? RSVP
♦ Unexpected Party @ the one well (165 Greenpoint Ave.) 7pm, Artwork by Dana Crossan, RSVP
Happy Birthday to Caribou Baby! All weekend – sales & giveaways (272 Driggs Ave.)
SATURDAY 3/10
♫ Beach Ball Family Dance Party @ Warsaw (261 Driggs Ave.) noon-3pm, $10/adult, $5/kid, to benefit the Williamsburg Neighborhood Nursery School, Tix
♦Greenpointers Gallery Tour (30+ locations) 6-9pm, FREE, hosted by Greenpointers.com, many galleries and alternative locations will stay open late exhibiting artwork from local artists, download the map here, or pick up a copy in the WG, RSVP
♫ Greenpointers Gallery Tour After Party @ TBD (224 Franklin St.) 9pm, FREE, food by Yummy Eats, Music by DJ Ning Nong & Brooklyn Soul Club, RSVP
SUNDAY 3/11
• Greencycle Swap @ Greenpoint Shul (108 Noble St) 1-4pm, $5, Drop off your cleaned, gently used clothing, shoes, books, toys, bicycles, computers, electronics, phones & household items
• Po Prostu Milosz @ Third Ward (195 Morgan Ave, Bushwick) 7pm, $5, a series of videos in which vvitalny explores the politics of writing and the “Polish school of poetry ” through conversations – about legendary Polish poet Czeslaw Milosz – with leading American poets Bob Holman, Jane Hirshfield and Robert Pinsky
MONDAY 3/12
* Illuminating the Illuminating @ Pete’s Candy Store (709 Lorimer St.) 7:30pm, FREE, A Lecture on the Moon w/Jamie Hook
♥ Moto Mondays @ Matchless (557 Manhattan Ave) 8pm, FREE, watch the weeks races on the big screen.
TUESDAY 3/13
• Release Party for Matthew Meets the Mann @ Word (126 Franklin St) 7-9pm, FREE, a reading party complete with music, photo-booth, and more presented by author/illustrator Travis Nichols. All ages welcome!, RSVP ♫ Free Advice @ Pete’s Candy Store (709 Lorimer St.) 11pm, When Bailey and Travis started playing, they had no idea they we’re related. But after extensive blood tests they found our that their musical link was also genetic…Free Advice is a family band whose aim is to exploit a unique, genetic communication.
Coming up: March 14, 2012, 7pm, Greenpointers Chutney Class with Drake from DP Chutney Collective @ Good Yoga, make and take home chutney, $25, more info
* Greenpointers’ Pick
♫ Music
♥ Pheremones Likely
♦ Art Event
♥ Pumpkin Carving Party @ Huckleberry Bar (588 Grand St) 6pm, cheap cocktails and beer
FRIDAY 10/19
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